Cato

Cato

Favorite films

  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  • Carol
  • Titanic
  • The Substance

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  • The Twister: Caught in the Storm

    ★★★½

  • Lyra

    ★★★★

  • The Real Derry: Jamie-Lee O'Donnell

    ★★★

  • Tell Them You Love Me

    ★★★

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  • Challengers

    Challengers

    ★★★★

    could be gayer

  • Titicut Follies

    Titicut Follies

    ★★★

    I understand why this film is often deemed one of the most disturbing documentaries ever made, but it lacks an overall direction that I prefer in documentaries. It watches more like a compilation of severe mental illness in male criminals, which is fine to a degree and I do think it’s an affective way to show abuse of power because the real perpetrators aren’t the subject of the film so that realisation hits as heavy and devastating, but I also…

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  • Irreversible

    Irreversible

    ½

    I genuinely feel that saying this is the worst film I've ever seen still gives it too much credit. Sure, this film has a fascinating use of backwards chronology and a nauseating opening sequence that excellently sets the tone for the rest of the film, but any whiff of substance this film has to offer seems as though it's only there to place its gruelling 10-minute r*pe scene on a pedestal. In fact, I would argue that Gasper Noe was…

  • Gentleman Jack Changed My Life

    Gentleman Jack Changed My Life

    I completely understand that not every queer person has the same journey, but parading Anne Lister around as a symbol of queer liberation is absolutely bizarre. The most inspiring thing about Anne was her determination to finger women in the nineteenth century, and even then it was mostly kept secret. She’s heralded is this out and proud dyke living against the grain, but the truth is she was a tory landlord, who could only do the things she was able…